Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: David Corn
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 02:40

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On 30 Dec 1995 23:18:49 GMT, philw@xlpor.com (P A Williamson) wrote:

>In article <adtDKD2D7.8Fw@netcom.com>, adt@netcom.com (Anthony D.
>Tribelli) wrote:
>
> <snip> 
>> This is not unique to the Macintosh. Minor OS revisions often have 
>> performance improvements: Win3.0 -> 3.1, OS/2 2.0 -> 2.1, WinNT 3.1 -> 
>> 3.5, ... Win96/97 will probably have better performance than 95.
>> 
> 
> What a crock.:-)  Everyone knows that everytime MS upgrades that bloated
>OS called Windows, it gets slower. If it didn't, the clone fans wouldn't
>be drooling all over Pentium Pros.

Try WinNT 3.5 for the most obvious example.  :)

> Now the Amigas OS (OTHO) does get faster with updates. Anyone going from
>AmigaOS 1.3 to 3.1 can tell you that the performance of their system
>improved. Anyone going from Win2 to Win(whatever) can tell you of hardware
>upgrade stories.

Not necessarily.  The examples he gave were all correct.

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 02:40:20 GMT
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